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THE ARGUS.
rM)ahd Dally sad Weekly at 104 8eooo4
Ami n. Rock bland. 111.
I. W. Potter, - - Publisher.
Daily. BOe Bar month: Weeklr. 12 00
yer annam ; In advance, $1.60.
All commameations of a critical or argumenta
tive character, political or religions, mast have
reel name attached for publication. Mo such
wuuee win oe pnntea oyer nctlttous signatures.
Aaoarmoiu communications not noticed.
Correspondence solicited from every township
jmk xsiana coaniv.
Friday. Jxtlt 29 1892.
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL TICKET.
For President G ROVER CLE VELAN f
JTor Vice President ADLAI E. STEVENSON
STATS.
Tor Governor JOHN P ALTGELD
For Congrt ssman at large JOHN O BLACK
For ConfcTesemanatlarge.. ANDREW J HUNTKK
For Lieutenant Governor JOSEPH B GILL
For Secretary of State VVM H MINRICHSEN
For Auditor DAVID OORB
For Treasurer RUFUS N RAMSEY
For Attorney General M T MALONKY
For Elector. 11th Dlst J. II. HANLEY
At EH OCR ATI C COKCBEHbIONAIi
COSIVESIIOS.
The Demorratic voters in the several counties
compiislne the Eleventh Congressional District
are requested to seed delegates to a Congress
ional convention to be held t Monmouth, Illinois.
THl'KSl'AY, SEPT. 1. 1892.
at 10:30 o'clock, a. m. for the purpose of nominat
ion a candidate for congress, a member of tbe
board of equalization, and to transact such other
business as may be presented for tbe considera
tion of tbe convention The seteral counties in
the congressional district will be entitled to a
representation on the basis of one delegate for
very WO votes end one for a f radon of 100 votes
or over, can for Edward S. Wilson, for state
treasurer in 1890, as follows:
Counties. Votes 1S90 No. Del.
Rock lslbnd 4,21 1
Mercer S.0U8 10
Henderson 0S4 5
Warren .25 11
Hancock 4.C 5 90
McDotouxh 8,-i58 16
bcbuyler l.fett 10
Total, 93
By order of Democratic Congressional commit
tee of the Eleventh Congressional district of Illi
nois, j. w. PoTTKK, Ch'm.
H. C. Cook, Sec'y.
Monniuntb, 111., July 9, 1893.
There ia a boy in 8an Francisco wbo
is seven feet five inches in height and
till growing.
The people's party also has a baby pet
in the form of little Alice Evans. General
Weaver's grandchild.
The merry war is on. Charley Searle
is out with the annoa ncement of his
candidacy for tbe republican nomination
for state's attorney.
Qcisct Herald: Grover Cleveland
used the personal pronoun "I" only five
times in his long speech of acceptance at
Madt9on Square garden. This is in dis
tinguished contrast from repubiioan ef
forts that reach the "I saved the country"
stage. Grover puts the country and tbe
party a little ahead ot himself.
Tbe following letter has been issued by
the Lutheran school committee in Chi
cago and formally signed by Thco. M.
Stephan, chairman of the executive
committee: "It is stated on seemingly
good authority that the republican party
leaders have caused a number of Lutheran
republican partisans to issue and distrib
ute among the Lutherans a circular stat
ing that they have been misled by the
Lutheran school committee on the school.
The school committee is represented as a
partisan gang, working solely for the
interest of the democratic party. The
circular calls upon the Lutheran voters in
the state to refuse to follow tbe leader
ship of their committee, to vote the
republican ticket and work in tbe interest
of the same. They say tbe republican
party did not deserve tbe distrust with
which it was met by the committee and
their followers, etc., etc. The issuing of
this circular is nothing but a political
trick, and the statements made therein do
not voice tbe sentiments of tbe Lutheran
church, butooly those of a few mtlcon
tents to whom tbe welfare of their church
and school is only secondary to lhat of
their party. They are not representing
and voicing any Lutherans other than
themselves, tbe large body of Lutherans
taking the same stand the committee has
taken in i'.s manifesto of May 6."
Am to Tin lMte.
Boston Herald :
A cable dispatch announces that im
portant orders for tin plates for ship
ment to the Uniied States arc in negoti
at ion with Welssh and English firms. It
is also reported that advices just re
ceived in Staffordshire show that Ameri
can manufacturers cannot meet one
fifth of tbe consumptive demand for tin
plates here. If the future is to be meas
ured by tbe record of the past six months,
tbe capacity of American manufacturers
of tin plates is greatly overated in the
cabled estimate. Though tbe monstrous
stimulus to the homo production of $tbc
article given by the McKinley tariff has
been in full operation since July 1, 1891.
that production is still so inconsiderable
that it has not made any perceptible
mark on the shipments of tin plate from
Great Britain to the United States.
Tbe official returns of British export
lor tbe first six months of 1892 came
to hand last week. In the period cov
ered by them 320.867,040 poands of tin
plates were exported to this country.
These figures, of course, bear no compar
ison witn the exports during the first six
months of lfc$H. when the English and
Welsh manufacturers were working night
and day to fill the orders of America i
importers of tbe plates wbo wished to
avoid the heavy addition! duly that
would be imposed by tbe McKinley act
after July 1. But when you put the
present exports in comparison with tbe
exports of normal years you find that
they make a' very good exhibit. In the
first six months of 1890 the exports of tin
plates from Great Britain to the United
States amounted to 811.420.480 pounds
In corresponding period of 1889 they were
403 O83.i40 pounds. In tbe time months
of 1888 they were 314,549.700 poands,
n w' i i -i 'irLrrrv"nn--rr" .Ty?' '
aid in the first half of 1887 they were
303.094.400 pounds.
Thus tbe British exports of tin plates
to this country in the past six months are
actually 8. 946.060 pounds larger than in
the same months of 1890. 5.817,280
pounds larger than in the same months of
1888. and 17,272.040 pounds larger man
ia tbe same months of 18S7. Bear in
mind. also, that last year this country
imported tin plates to an unprecedented
extent, so thai the American consump
tion was met to some extent this year
from the over-importation of 1891. The
figures which we have given furnish am
ple and undeniable proof that thus far
the American manufacture or tin plates
is, from a business point of view, a mere
mvtb. It has not in any degree dimin
ished the dependence of this country
upon tbe British makers of the article.
DISTRIBUTION OK WEALTH.
Tfe Troubles at Homestead tbe Inevit
able Rosult of the Tariff System.
The discussion of the tragedy at the
Homestead mills is bringing out some
of the serious thoughts of intelligent
men in regard to dangers not only from
contact of capital and labor, like this
deplorable one, bnt from the inevitable
results that must follow the congestion
of wealth in the hands of a compara
tively few. The opinion seems to be
rapidly gaining ground that we are to
have more rather than less of these trou
bles, and that they are but symptoms of
a disease that is becoming deep seated
and that threatens the very Jife of our
republic, which outwardly looks so
fair. It is also beginning to be recog
nized that nostrums and quack reme
dies, such as schemes of profit sharing,
co-operation, etc., though they may do
more good than harm, yet they can
never cure the general disease which
can be reached only by radical remedies.
What then is the disease that is racking
and torturing this industrial common
wealth? What was its cause, what has
been its progress and what is the rem
edy? For want of a better name we will
call the disease plutocracy. It comes
from the nnequal distribution of earn
ings or wealth, the greater part of
which is rapidly being concentrated
into the bands of a few. Hundreds are
reaping where millions sow; resulting
in millionaires on the one hand and
tramps on the other, with the pressure
on all between tiecoming greater and
greater. The evils of this system are
that while in theory the laws are made
by tbe jieople, practically the masse
only obey the laws made by the rich.
Money becomes king. The evils of
the system are far reaching. Classes
and castes are established. The wealthy
become arrogant or lead wild and reck
less lives. The ioor lose hope, courage
and patriotism and accept sullenly their
lot as subjects and slaves of the "million
aires who employ them or who hold
mortgages over their head:;.
The cause of this disease is found in
the laws and systems which grant pub
lic property and privileges to private
individuals or corporations.
The disease had but little hold ujKn the
country previous to the civil war. There
were then no more millionaires than
could be counted on one's finders. During
the war of 1S61-5 big government con
tracts laid the basis of some of tiio largo
fortunes since accumulated. The pro
tection system was then begun which
has ever since lteen taking money from
the pockets of farmers and laborers and
putting it into those of. the manufactur
ers. The increased powers of produc
tion resulting from improved machinery
and methods have increased the inlln
ence and iiower of capital ; o that
millionaires tire being turned out more
rapidly than ever before. Th- New
York Tribune printed a list of over
4,000 millionaires a few week.-. :.o, clas
sifying them according to the; : curevs
of their wealth.
According to this authority aln.-.-.t CO
per cent, made their money thi. in
protected industries, perhaps per
cent, mainly as holders of or specula
tors in land, and the remainder mw.iy
from patent or other monopolies, appre
ciation of money values, etc. The most
of these fortunes are accumulated legal
ly, though often laws '.re strained after
being made to aid such nccnmnlatiom:.
But justice would not have distributed
wealth in any such fashion. It would
leave valuable monopolies in the hands
of private persons, but would make the
production of property the only title to
it. It would erect no barriers to com
merce to compel consumers to bny t'car
goods of any favored set of producers,
but would leave opportunities and priv
ileges open to all ulike.
The remedy for this disease then can
not be found in laws that will increase
restrictions upon trade or grant mere
privileges to any class. Restrictions
mnst lie removed and the indirect meth
ods of taxation which now filch monev
from the poor and turn it over to the
rich must be replaced by a direct sys
tem which shall lear no more heavily
upon the poor than upon the rich; or,
better still, tax the opportunities to pro
duction until the unearned increment,
now largely taken by the wealthy, shall
be utilized for the benefit of all. When
this is done men will be put upon an
equal footing and each will get what he
earns and earn what he gets. Large cor
porations may then exist, but it will be
because they can produce most cheaply
and not because they will have greater
advantage over labor.
The Carnegie Kitffl if S'rotectlon.
The high fence with electric wire
guards which Mr. Carnegie has put
around the Homestead mills in antici
pation of trouble during the impending
strike indicates that what ho really
wants is "protection" from American
labor. Indianapolis Sentinel.
A ISm1 lit'Kinning;.
There couldn't lie a worse opening
gun for a tariff campaign than a Win
chester rifle. Philadelphia Times.
A handsome complexion la one of the
greatest charms a woman can possess
Poxxoni I Complexion powder gives it.
""'"""'"'''T'''
His Personal Experience.
Hon. James W. Husted. while serving
his sixth term as Speaker of the Assem
bly of tbe State of New York, writes:
"State of New York, Assembly Chamber.
Albany, Jan. 16. 1890.
I desire once more to bear my testi
mony to tbe value of AHcock'a Porous
Plasters. I have used taem tor years
past, and can conscientiouly commend
them as the best external remedy that I
have known. Years ago. when thrown
from a carriaee and seriously injured. I
gave them a thorough trial. Ia a very
short time tbe pain that I was suffering
disappeared, and within a wetit I was
entirely relieved. On another occasion,
when suffering from a severe cough.
which threatened pulmonary difficulties
which I was recommended to go to Flor
ida to relieve, I determined to test the
plasters aga;n. I applied them to my
chest and between tbe shoulder blades.
and in less than a fortnight was entirely
cured. On still another occasion, when
suffering from an a. tack of rheumatism
in the shoulder to such an extent that I
could bardly raise my arm. I again re
sorted to the plasters, and within a very
few days the rheumatism entirely disap
peared. I have them constantly by me.
whether at borne or abroad. My family
as well as myself have found them to be
a sovereign remedy, both for external
and internal troubles. I never bad but
one kidney difficulty in my life, and the
application of the plasters cured me in a
week. I desire, as I said before, to bear
mv testimony in a public way to their
efficacy, and I know of no better way of
doing it than by giving you my personal
experience."
Davenport Mile Track Races
and tbe Mississippi River Carnival,
August 2, 8, 4 and 5,1892. For ibis
occasion and the great $10,000 race he
tween Allerton and Delmarch, tbe Chi
cago, Burlington & Qaincy Railroad
company will sell tickets from all points
on its line within 150 miles of Davenport
at the rate of one fare for the round trip. .
Tickets on sale August 2 to 5 inclusive,
good to return up to and including Aug.
6. H. D. Mack. D. P. A .
P. S. Eustis. G. P. A , Rock Island.
Chicago. 111.
The Kinest CaiTeea.
Bell. Conrads & Co., fancy old govern
ment Java and Mocha, Banner Combina
tion Aukoria; McLaughlin's Ambrosa,
Golden Roast XXXX package; Dwicel
Haywood & Co., White Bouse Java and
Mocba, Java Combination, Excelsior Java
and Mocha; Franklin McVeagh & Co.,
genuine Arabian Mocba, Java, broken
Java; Cbase & Sanborn, Java and Mocba;
Arbuckle's package; Lion package; Sher
mon Bros1. Merique coffee .
The above brands of coffee are to be
found at W. A. Eblcb's, No. 305 Twen
tieth street.
Hot Spring's Skin Soap,
Prepared principally from the evap
orated waters of the Hot Springs, Arkan
sas. Delightful for tbe toilet. Tbe
healing powers of tbe Hot Springs of
Arkansas have long been known and rec
ognized by the medical profession all
over tbe country. Tbe manufacturers
believe that in presenting to tbe public (
their Hot Springs Skin Soap, they huve j
given a worderful opportunitv for pre- .
venting all kinds of skin disorders, and
believe that their patrons will be well re- ,
paid by its constant use. For sale by all .
druggists. Hartz & Bahnsen wholesale :
agents.
How Unpleasant
it is to tee beautiful child's face disfigur d
with vile humors, bursting through tbe!
skin in pimples, blotches and sores, and '
sadder still, when tbe young and innocent
are laughed at and twitted in all such
cases. Parents should give them ibat
good and pure remedy, Sulphur Bitters,
which will search and drive out of the
blood every particle of bumor. Health
Gazette.
A Thoughtful Person,
consults bis I pt interests bv having a box
of Krause's Headache Capsuli s at band;
taken as directed will prevent or stop any
kind of headache, to matter what U.e
cause, in fact if cur tkull was cracked u
would prevent pain. Tte frequency of
the i ttacks will diminish and by ukine
tbe capsules at the a proach of a heid
bebe you will never have another.
For eale by all druggists. Hartz &
Bahnsen, wholesale agents.
Tbe mark Hawk Inn.
The TCInrk Paali Tnn will rAtr tn th
orderlv "lass of citizens. Questionable
characters are not permitted on tbe
grounds, aca an nicer win oe in aurna-
nr.rif. t r o vi f rr Una Tlllft T)tahfa fnt-
lery atd tableware for rent, and cc ffee,
cre m. sugar, not water, etc., tor c& e to
picnic parties. J. E. Montrose.
How I Felt
Wbv. two vears aeo I was iuat about
crazy, and no wonder that my wife and
cbiidren were afraid or me. xou just
want to suffer with neuralgia with no re
lief as I did until I used Sulphur BitUrs.
ThpT rnred me. and now mv wife shvb I
am as meek as a lamb. Robert Davis.
American House, Boston.
"Succpfs depends upon the liberil pat
ronage of printing offices." Astor.
The
Last
Drop
Is as good as the
first. No dreS.
All pure and whole
some. The most
popular drink of the day.
A perfect thirst quencher.
Don't be deceived If a dealer, for the sale
of larger profit, tells you some other kind
is "just as good" 'tis falae. No imitation
is as coU as the genuine HimaV.
L
-.-
i aui e a joip oi-ri v St
Scott
Medical
Institute.
The Physicians of the
Scott- Medical Institute
wish to announce to their
patients that they have ta
ken a trip; their object be
ing to visit some of the
Eastern cities.
Patients r ow under our
treatment can receive their
medicine as usual. Rooms
S and 6, Ryan block. But
no new cases will be ta
ken until they return; the
Institute will then open up
in their new Rooms, over
American Express Co.,
Brady St.
The time of absence
will be deducted from any
patients's card.
Business will be resum
ed about
AUGUST 6th.
. T
-Oa
fini.iimf
niiwiiwii
PAIfJ EXPELLEE?
is and -will ever be the
best
Bemedy for
RIIEUr.lATISr.1
Gout. Influenza. Backache.
Pains in the Side. Chest and
Joints, Neuralgia, Sprains, &c.
Before yon need to ray, oDtain
C-FREE OF CHARCE-W
be valuable book: "Gnide to Health,"witb. i
endorsements of prominent pnyai&ana.
aiikkss:
T.AD.RICHTER&CO.y
17 Warren Str.
1EW YORK.
29
Prize Medals Awarded !
lUropean Houses: Bndolstadt, London,
Vienna, .rragup ,xioi.xeru&iu,auiieii,
Muremberr, KonBtein, Leipsio.
25 & 50 Cts. a bottle, For Sale by
E0E3: TCH SCESSI7Z.
C. S7E-IXL
""d other drmrtnsr.
IE. ST. A KJE A:1VS
Is til" Safest and Surest llemcdy ever discovered
for all tbo unnatural lir.chii.rpiB and J'juvate
Dihkasks of Men and the debilitutinp weakness
peculiar to women. It nas never failed to cure
the moot obstinate case, iu men, in from 3 to C
davg. (Nothing that makeB quicker clainiB Is
safe.) It is convenient to carry and biuidy to
use no bottle or B)oon to annoy you. Item em
ber, we RiiRranee it. Price Sl.uu per Uox. Com
plete instructions wiin each box. If the drup
Kist you aBk for Dr. Kt. Armand's French Cure
has not not It. don't let him Tool you with his
oily tongue by selling you something else in
stead, but send price to uh and we will forward
to you by mail, in uliun, unmarked boi. We
alBo treat patients bv mail. Address THE
HAZZAKAK MKDIClNK CO.. 2-jO South ban
mmoD (Street. Chicago, 111
SAVED I
LAB0B, TIME, MONEY
BY I' ING
ANTI-DASHBOARD
SOAP.
Use it your own way.
It is the beet Soap made
For aching Machiue use.
MADE BY
WARWICK 6 MIST ON.
did everywhere.
........
fdghcure
SANTA-CLA
EVtftY YvOMAN THAT HAS
And many there
MLL SPEND HFR CFNTS FHR A I KFTI 1 1 rKr
Of FAIRBANK'S-SANTA- CL AUS-SOAP-
J. B. ZIMMER,
-THK
erceant
M
Has Just received a large irrcleo of the latest Imported aid Domestic Spring ir,i
Bnltlnps, which he is selling at $25.00 and np. Bis line of overcoatings cannot be ixr"I
west of Chicago. A very lloe line of pants, which he Is selling at J6 00 end up. ( a i"
and make j onr selection while the stock Is complete. "" t J
Stab Block, Opposite Hakpkb House.
OLD GUARD HAND-MADE
SOURMASH WHISKY
Only S2.50 Per Calion
AT
J. T. DIXON
MERCHANT TAILOR.
And Dealer in Mens' Fine Woolens.
1706 Second Avesue
C. J. W. SCHBEINEB,
Contractor and Builder,
1121 and 1123 Fourth avenue. Residence 1119 Fourth vc?t,.
Plans and specifications furnished on all classes of work : also spent o i f iller's Pa-e O'oe
Sliding Blinds, something new, stylish and desirable .
ROCK JM.ANP. .U.
HORST VON KOECKRITZ,
ANALYTIC AND DISPENCING
1 PHARMACIST
Will be located on Fifth avenue and
CHAS, DANNAGHER,
Proprietor of the Brady Street
lAol k nds of Cnt Flowers constantly on hand.
Green Honses Flower Store
One block north of Central Psrfc. the largest 1- Ia. ao4 Brady Street. Davcnport.Iow
B. F. DeGEAR,
Contractor eincL Builder,
Office and Shop Corner Seventeenth St.
ana eleventh Avenue,
"All kinds of carpenter work a specialty.
furnished on
f "i tobareo. opium cr
SKfUKI 4 ITER CP I SO.
For aaie iB Rock Island by Hartz &
mm
D
avenport Business College,
COMPLETE IN AT.T, DEJijR,TMENTS.
FOB CATALOGUES ADOBI86
r
-aQAP- IS MAQ
ANY SLUSZ
ee we hope.
LEADING-
Tailor,
Market Square.
Twenty - third street on or before .u;u't 1.
HOPPE,
THE TAILOR,
1803 Second Avenrte.
Rock Island
Plans and estimates for all kinds of buildlEfri
application.
HfiKKOOD RESTORED
! m.irmliT to cure all r.er-nn dici.en. surh as vt lem..rr
! Brum How- r. lluiulHetie. Wakerulili-:, I.ot MunluMXl. Nitflulv Kn
ions. rfrr?it?rt9. A,Kj!nude.al! irutri and loa if power ot tUe deneratr e
Ortmns ill lhr flex online i hv .t'..r ..... ni.. r. i'.m.i . .. i . . . . . . . . . i r
M Iniutanls wlm h ..o-.fi lead u Inn; li'ity. C..nMim
HipunuuinMiiiiij. rui up convenient l carry in ve"t uoeket 1 irai
aue br mmi': 6 for Ri. With everv . untvr w n .....-.,.... j..-f
or rejund ttit money. Circular tree. -J-jresn Keirve betd .... nlvuno. IU
Bahnsen. 8d Ave, 'and 20th street.
CX DUNCAN, BDavenport.